Activities & Lesson Plans
This page contains various activities, lesson plans, and projects for instructors. Make your student’s Patriot Week fun and memorable with the following resources:
Comparative Government Chart (Middle School)
Compare and contrast a military dictatorship such as Cuba, a presidential system of representative democracy such as the United States, and a parliamentary system of representative democracy such as Canada. Use this chart to assess knowledge before and after your lesson on different types of government.
Original Flags Project
In this project students will be put in groups (or individually) and make a flag based on one of the seven days of Patriot Week. This original flag project must also include a paragraph on the flag’s meanings and why each symbol was put on the flag. Very creative and very fun!
Patriotic Plays
This lesson plan is completely generic and depending on age group may need to be tweaked. Patriot Week is a holiday that is supposed to be celebrated with joy, completely fun, but still serious and commemorative. Acting out a great Patriot or re-enacting the Gettysburg address can be serious or absolutely funny. It is up to the teacher and students to interpret this lesson as they please, with the idea that students will remember and embrace what they learn through re-enactments or plays.
